4. Copies reported by type

Reporting

You will report the following, which will be shown on the ABC Certificate as a stand-alone section:

By issue (or summarised by month of issue as a minimum) and distribution date.

By paid or free

By type

Guidance

G1. Copies distributed to a location where they are to be made available for pick up or receipt by consumers

Evidence should confirm the delivery of copies to the location where the copies are to be made available for pick up or receipt by individuals of the target audience. This means evidence of delivery to a central warehouse, your offices or any other intermediary location is not sufficient. For example: for copies distributed at an exhibition you might provide an invoice/delivery note from your printer or a recognised distributor (a company whose business is distribution) which provides all the details of the consignment (publication, issue, number of copies) being delivered to the exhibition venue, plus a showguide demonstrating you were exhibiting.

G2. Copies reported separately from print circulation

No additional guidance.

G3. Copies reported by rate – paid or free

No additional available.

G4. Copies reported by type

The level of detail given will largely be your decision, affected by the nature of the deals and the available space on the Certificate. For example if all bulk sales for a particular issue are sold to airlines they can be grouped as one figure. However if free bulk distributions were also claimed for the same issue, these would have to be disclosed separately. You may also separately identify details of a bulk distribution to a key trade exhibition for example.